You cannot possibly be more tired with reading my letters than I am of writing
them; yet I must intrude upon your multiplicity of business, and remonstrate
against every violation of the capitulation,

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and
represent every grievance which occurs to us, whether they are attended to or
not.

What I am now to remonstrate against, is a most violent and inhuman breach of the
capitulation; which is the impressing the American soldiers from on board the
prison ships, taking them away by violence, and sending them on board the
transports, to be carried from the continent of America; many of them leaving
wives and young children, who may possibly perish for want of the common
necessaries of life; if I cannot prevail upon you to countermand this violation
altogether, let me plead for those unhappy ones who have families to be exempted
from this cruelty. I beg you will consider their situation and suffer your
humanity to be partial in their favor.